Invalid&#39;s chair



2, 1933- A. s. EDENSWORD ,923,617

INVALID S CHAIR Filed Sept. 7, 1932 INVENTOR WITNESS B w 2 Y m vo.

ATTOR N EY A lice \s zlevawvrd,

Patented Aug. 22, 1933 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 3 Claims.

My invention relates to chairs for invalids and the like and it consistsin the combinations, constructions and arrangements herein described andclaimed. 1

An object of my invention is to provide a chair of simple constructionand light weight which, at the same time, is strong and which cansupport the body of a person of considerable weight.

A further object is to provide an invalids chair having a seat, arms andback of fabric, such as canvas, which is removable and which can bewashed.

A further object is to provide a legless chair which can be used forlifting a patient from a bed or bath tub or for placing the patienttherein.

A further object is to provide a chair having sides that can be broughttoward one another so that the chair may be passed through narrowpassageways and when the occupant is out of the chair it may becollapsed so as to take up small space, thus enabling it to be easilystored.

Other objects and advantages will appear in the following specificationand the novel features of the invention will be particularly pointed outin the appended claims.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing forming part ofthis application, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the chair in its open position.

Figure 2 is a section along the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Figure 3 is a section on the line 33 of Fig. 2, and

Figure 4 is a perspective view of a portion of the chair.

In carrying out my invention I make use of bars such as that shown at 1in Fig. 4. These bars are preferably iron pipes, but may be made of anysuitable material. Welded at 2 is a short length of pipe 3. A longerpipe 4 is welded at 5 to the pipe 1, these pipes being spaced, as shown,to provide a rear handle portion 6, and a front handle portion as shown.

As will be seen from the drawing, there are two of these bars 1 withtheir attached members 3 and 4. The seat 7 is composed of an endlessband preferably of canvas. The sides 8 are made of canvas and each sideis provided with a loop 9 at each end.

The back is composed of a piece of canvas 10 which is double and isclosed at the top and at the ends, but is open at the bottom.

From the foregoing description of the various parts of the device theoperation thereof may be readily understood. In assembling the devicethe rods 1 are thrust through the endless band which forms the seat 7 soas to position this band between the uprights 3 and 4. The

rods are then turned into a vertical position and the side members 8 areslipped over the rods, the rods 3 and 4 passing through the end loops asshown. The back portion is then slipped over the ends of the rearuprights 4. In the use of the device the invalid sits on the seat 7 withhis back against the portion 10. He may be carried from one place toanother by attendants, one grasping the rear portion 6 and the other thefront portions of the rod. The patients may be placed in a bath tub.

If the invalid is in a particularly helpless condition the back portion10 may be removed and the patient may recline in the tub and then may belifted when bathed or the chair may be assembled prior to the bathingand may be placed under the patient, when it is desired to remove thepatient from the tub.

The device is particularly useful in hospitals since it provides astrong chair having arms by means of which the patient may supporthimself. In passing through doorways or winding stairways the device isparticularly useful since I there are no legs and the sides of the chairmay be brought closer to the patients body so as to permit the chair togo through a comparatively narrow space or turn. The fabric portions ofthe chair may be very quickly removed from the bars and may be washedand replaced.

I claim:

1. An invalids chair comprising a pair of handle bars, spaced apartuprights secured to each handle bar, a flexible seat connected to saidhandle bars, a flexible side connected to the spaced uprights of eachbar and a flexible back connected at one end to an upright on one ofsaid bars and being connected to an upright on the other bar.

2. An invalids chair comprising a pair of handle bars, each of saidhandle bars having a relatively short upright and a relatively longupright, a flexible seat connected to the bars between the uprights, aflexible side having a loop at each end thereof, said loops beingarranged to receive the uprights of its respective bar, and a flexibleback portion arranged to fit over the upper portion of the longeruprights.

3. An invalids chair, a pair of handle bars, each handle bar having arelatively short front upright and a relatively long rear upright spacedtherefrom and being also spaced from the rear end of the handle bar, aremovable flexible seat portion connecting said bars between the frontand rear uprights, a side member for each bar, said side members havinglooped end portions arranged to fit over the front and rear uprights ofits respective bar, and a back portion of flexible material havingclosed ends arranged to receive the upper portion of the rear uprights.

ALICE S. EDENSWORD.

